Nahuatlea smithii (B.L. Robinson & Greenm.) V.A.Funk, 2017
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.91.21340 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C6CA767-4C87-3A77-49D4-B82A53FE2C83 |
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Nahuatlea smithii (B.L. Robinson & Greenm.) V.A.Funk |
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comb. nov. |
7. Nahuatlea smithii (B.L. Robinson & Greenm.) V.A.Funk comb. nov. Fig. 3C View Figure 3
Gochnatia smithii B.L. Robinson & Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 32: 50. 1896.
Type.
Mexico. Oaxaca: On the hills of Cuicatlan, April 1895, L.C. Smith 363 (Lectotype: K designated by Cabrera, 1971: 140; Isolectotypes: GH 00008383, MEXU 00525748).
Description.
Shrub of undetermined size; leaves clustered near the ends of the branches, sub-coriaceous, 3-5 × 0.8-1.8 cm, ovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, glabrescent adaxially, cinereous-tomentose abaxially; heads slender, short-pedunculate, in dense clusters at the ends of branches, sometimes several clusters in a dense panicle, many clusters per plant; involucre narrowly obconic, 6-8 mm tall × ca. 3 mm wide, bracts in 5-7 series, ciliolate on the margins otherwise glabrous; flowers (3 –)5– 7 per head; corollas white, 8.5-9.0 mm long; anther base caudate, tails ca. 1.5 mm long, entire; pappus ca. 6.5-7.5 mm long, bristles biseriate, not obviously broadened at tips.
Remarks.
According to Jervis (1954) the “… small branches are less wooly than most other species."
Distribution.
Mexico: known only from Oaxaca.
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